Table of Contents

What is a Telecommunications Network?; The Telecommunications Hub - Creating Value; Basic Network Technologies; Network Signaling and its Applications; Applications and Applications Creation. Business Planning Process. Wireline Telephone Networks; Wireless Communications Services Networks. 3G Cellular Service - WAP, I-mode, and IP convergence. Satellite Communications Systems; Cable Television Networks; The Internet. M-commerce and the Wireless Internet Softswitching. The Economics and Requirements of Becoming a Telecom Carrier; Appendix A: Acronyms, Definitions, and Terminology; Appendix B: Network Interconnection Document Summary; Appendix C: Summary of the Telecom Act of 1998

About the Author

P.J. Louis (Hartsdale, NY) is Vice President of Marketing and Product Development for TruePosition, Inc. He was previously Director of Network Technology for NextWave Wireless and developed New York Telephone's SS7 rollout. He is the author of Telecommunications Internetworking and M-commerce Crash Course.